An Alabama teacher has lauded the benefits of a new state law banning cell phones in school classrooms. “It’s magic,” Tuscaloosa County High School 11th-grade history teacher Jonathan Buchwalter said in a TikTok earlier this month that reached nearly two million views. Across the U.S., thirty-three states have enacted legislation regarding school cellphone usage, amid a growing effort to restrict students’ smartphone access in schools, over concerns about mental health and academic attentiveness, according to Ballotpedia.
